Archetype & Type - Kesstan Blandin & Yvonne Nelson-Reid
2021-11-14 09:00 - 10:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
C.G. Jung’s theories of archetype and psychological type are seminal works underlying the psychic structure of personality in individuals. In this session, an analysis of a large correlational study with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument and the Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator (PMAI) assessment will be presented, analyzed, and discussed. We will attempt to weave theories (e.g., Jung, Hillman, Pearson, Beebe, Hunziker) with the empirical data to discover together how archetypes and psychological types complement, challenge, and deepen one another.

Kesstan BlandinYvonne Nelson-Reid

Kesstan Blandin

Kesstan Blandin, PhD is the VP, Research & Development for the Center for Applications of Psychological Type in Gainesville FL, where she oversees research for Jungian assessments on type (MBTI/MMTIC) and archetype (PMAI). For several years, Kesstan was an academic professor and researcher in a graduate psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in CA and at the Dartmouth Centers for Health & Aging in NH. She has published on psychological type, archetypes, and dementia.

Yvonne Nelson-Reid

Yvonne Nelson-Reid, PhD, is the Senior Development Associate at the Center for Applications of Psychological Type (CAPT®), a mother of 5, writer, teacher, depth psychologist – Jungian and archetypal studies (MA, PhD), and career coach. Yvonne’s MA in Educational Research focused on Jungian theory where her thesis explored insights into the MBTI® assessment. As a certified MBTI® (master practitioner) and certified MMTIC® professional, she uses typology as a tool for helping others understand differences and communicate more effectively.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

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A Young Type Coach's Journey - Joe Arrigo
2021-11-14 10:15 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
After a year as an MBTI coach, what lessons have been learned?

Topics that will be covered:*What it’s like to coach someone older than you?*Where are the new Type enthusiasts making their names known?*How do you gain traction in a crowded (Type) space?*How do we fix the disconnect between veterans and amateurs?*How Type will be applied in the future

Joe Arrigo

Joe Arrigo

Joe Arrigo is a newbie to the professional Type space. What started as a mild interest exploded into an obsession and a coaching business. His goal is to help people find their place in the world by bringing clarity to their personality type. If it can impact a stubborn INTJ like himself, it can certainly do the same for others. He resides primarily on Linkedin and YouTube, and tries to bridge the gap between the Old Guard and New Guard of type.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

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Type & Stress: Your type and mind-body connections - Katie Jones
2021-11-14 10:15 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
Our minds and bodies are intricately connected, and our brain’s main job is to keep us alive and safe from threats. In this interactive workshop, we will use an understanding of both the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, as well as research about how the mind and body are connected, to better understand unique stressors and ways to proactively and reactively respond to stress through both of these tools.

Developing a deeper understanding of stressors and how to recover from stress is important for self-understanding, leadership, and growth, as well as a key to understanding others. Leaders at all levels can use this information to help create psychologically safer spaces for their teams, which Google’s Project Aristotle found as one of the keys to team success. Stress is inevitable, but it is not the end of the story!

Katie Jones

Katie Jones

Katie is a MBTI Master Practitioner, coaching teams and leaders for 10 years. After earning two graduate degrees from Columbia University, teaching, leading high-performing teams, and working in the non-profit education space, Katie founded KJ Consulting Group, which continues to serve local and national organizations across the U.S. To support an ever-changing world as we navigate the pandemic, in 2020 Katie created the Myers Briggs: Beyond the Letters course, as well as a Mind-Body Journal to help navigate stress using mind-body connections.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

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Using Type to Unlock Yours and Others' Career Calling - Isabelle Peyrichoux
2021-11-14 11:45 - 12:45 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
Isabelle has been using Types combined with Linda Berens’ Interaction Styles and Temperaments for 8 years in her career reinvention coaching to help her clients find their calling. The use of types has transformed her clients’ lives and careers at a significant level: finding alignment within themselves so that they can find alignment in their careers, and have a positive impact on the planet. When people do the work aligned with their unique blueprint (type), they contribute positively to the transformation of the planet and others’ lives. In this interactive session, Isabelle will share the unique framework she developed to coach her clients, how to use Type to effectively support career transformation, dos and don’ts, and case studies. Through lecture, group discussion, reflection, participants will learn how to apply this framework to their own career development as well as how to apply these methods for the facilitation of career reinvention and professional transformation.

Isabelle Peyrichoux

Isabelle Peyrichoux

Isabelle Peyrichoux is a Career Reinvention Coach for high-achieving professionals. She has helped hundreds of professionals and managers discover their next dream career. After a first career in the tech industry, Isabelle founded Brilliant Seeds to pursue her calling. Certified in MBTI and in the InterStrength CORE Approach with Linda Berens, she has been using her in-depth knowledge of Type in her work for the past 12 years. She has created an approach to career reinvention that goes beyond the limitations of traditional career counseling.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

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Talking Type Together with your Vital Relationships - Sterling Bates
2021-11-14 11:45 - 12:45 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
Scientific studies continue to show that the biggest impact on life satisfaction and happiness is our vital relationships and core social bonds. Medical studies show relationship strength as a major factor in long term health outcomes. Learn what some of this research has to say about the crucial importance of relationships. We will cover multiple models, both psychological type models and other relationship-related tools from outside the psychological type space. We will highlight which models offer insights for relationships and also cover which models and strategies don’t work well for building strong relationships. Attendees will get key tools and tips on how to use the different models to help their own relationships and further, help those they care about, or their clients in their relationships too.

Sterling Bates

Sterling Bates

Sterling has worked with personality and social psychology both personally and professionally for more than fifteen years. Originally a mathematics and IT professional, he founded and now runs Step Research, a research and development benefit corporation that takes the best from psychology and uses software technology to empower people and their relationships. He is a proud member of the International Association of Psychological Type and served on the Board of Directors for 4 years.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference. It’s just $100AU for AusAPT members, ILP members and APT reciprocal members and $150AU for guests for all 21 sessions.

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Sharing your Knowledge in a Podcasting and YouTube World - Joel Mark Witt & Antonia Dodge
2021-11-14 13:15 - 14:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
The internet is forcing type communities to change & grow… fast.

On one side of the type community we see a seasoned generation of type professionals who have spent years refining their knowledge & wisdom. On the other side are young people eager to express and share their newly discovered love of type on every major social media platform.

Young people are excited about type & want to talk about it on podcasts, YouTube videos, and Facebook posts. But often these new “influencers” are unaware that typology is a mature discipline with years of research, development, and commerce baked into its ethos.

How do we preserve what has come before while adapting to the changing new media landscape?

In this presentation Joel & Antonia guide us through the practical steps they’ve used to bridge this gap. As podcast hosts, they will peel back the curtain of new media to showcase ideas you can use in your practice whether you are just getting started or have been teaching type for decades.

Joel Mark Witt & Antonia Dodge

Joel Mark Witt & Antonia Dodge Joel Mark Witt and Antonia Dodge are authors, podcasters, entrepreneurs, personal development coaches, and personality typology experts who have consulted with companies like Amazon, Zappos, Oracle, American Express, CNN, and many others. Joel and Antonia also host the popular Personality Hacker podcast. Each episode is a conversation that helps you create awareness around how you are wired, gives you permission to be who you truly are, and design a custom personal growth path for your life. They live in the United States.

This session is part of the AusAPT Online 2021 Conference.

It’s just $100AU for current financial AusAPT members, APT and ILP members and $150AU for guests – for all 21 sessions.

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AusAPT 2022 Conference—Time & Tide: Traditions and Trends in Type
2022-10-07 17:00 - 2022-10-09 12:00 (Australia/Sydney)
The AusAPT 2022 Conference, ‘Time & Tide: Tradition and Trends in Type’, 7-9 October online is now over.

You are still able to purchase the conference via the links below and we will give you access to the Conference Hub. It contains recordings of all sessions and handouts and slide presentations from presenters.

Below are all the details of the conference, sessions and presenters.

About the Conference:

It’s our 30th anniversary conference with:

17 engaging online sessions 16 internationally renowned psychological type presenters.a skilled and welcoming community of type professionals and enthusiasts.ongoing access with all sessions recorded & resources onlinelife-changing type insights to apply in your life & work.

Access to all Conference recordings, handouts and presenter resources is $100AU for AusAPT members, APT and ILP members and $150AU for guests

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Day 1 – Friday 7 October

TimeSessionSession Details5:00 – 5:15pmWELCOME + GATHERING5:15 – 6:15pm KEYNOTE Managing EnergyDario NardiHow can we better manage energy? We will address this question several ways. First, our tertiary function is a “neurotic boundary” area that needs care. Second, our favorite perceiving function plays a major role. And third is the “yin” side of our inferior function. Includes handouts. 6:15 – 6:30pm BREAK6:30- 7:30pm CONCURRENTTemperament: Tradition or Trend? Bringing Temperament up to date for 21st Century Leaders Catherine StothartFind out how you can apply temperament theory and practice to build the key leadership capabilities to meet the needs of 21st century teams. In this session Catherine will share a practical framework for leaders to engage, develop, delegate to, and connect with their teams. 6:30- 7:30pm CONCURRENTCognitive Functions and Enneagram: Complementary PowerTeodora PauceanThis session promotes the usage of type (cognitive functions) and Enneagram together, as two systems that can complement each other beautifully in the process of improving emotional well-being, as well as relational and professional satisfaction.7:30 – 7:45pm BREAK7:45 – 8:45pmCONCURRENTMidlife Development: A Crisis? A Crash? Or a Cruise?Angelina BennetMidlife is a time when many of us take stock of our life and think about what we want for our future. In this session we will review theories of midlife from the type perspective, consider the possible accelerating impact of the pandemic, and consider how to craft the life we want for ourselves. 7:45 – 8:45pmCONCURRENTAgainst the Tide: Repositioning the 8 Functions in PsychologyRichard OwenFor both to be valid, surely type and mainstream psychology are talking about the same ideas and concepts, just in different ways with different names? Richard explores some analogous concepts from cognitive psychology and other areas that could help us reinterpret Jung’s 8 functions.

Day 2 – Saturday 8 October

TimeSessionSession Details8:30 – 9:00amSOCIAL FOYER9:00-10:00am KEYNOTEType in Tandem: The Magical Alchemy of Connecting Opposing Functions Sue BlairPivoting is a skill we have all had to master over the past two years. Many of us have had plenty of time for introspection. This gift of time has lead many of us to ask questions. Lots of them! This session explores how we can integrate the perceiving functions to find the wisdom we need. 10:00-10:15amBREAK10:15 – 11:15amCONCURRENTUnderutilized Oppositions in the Lenses We Use: Essential Motivators and Interaction StylesSterling BatesGet everything you need for an underutilized resource in the world of psychological type, the 6 dynamics from Essential Motivators (Temperament) and Interaction Styles. Leverage them across best-fit, communication, workplace problems, delegation, Situational Leadership®, and relationship issues. 10:15 – 11:15amCONCURRENTMaking and Keeping Type in the Conversation Sharon LovoyType is losing ground in the corporate setting and less than 50% of those who are certified buy Type related materials. As Type Practitioners, we must be dedicated to keeping Type relevant. Sharon Lovoy reveals the practical steps in her strategy for keeping Type relevant. 11:15 – 11:45amBREAK + SOCIAL FOYER11:45am -12:45pmCONCURRENTType and Music Preferences Ian BallThere are many reasons why particular pieces of music attract us and why we go back to those preferences. We will listen to and rate several musical excerpts from the categories of Mellow, Unpretentious, Sophisticated, Intense and Contemporary, (the MUSIC model) on a scale from Love it! to Turn it off!11:45am -12:45pmCONCURRENTWork-Life Balance, Stress and the Process of IndividuationMary McGuinessCarl Jung described individuation as growth towards wholeness, to be our most creative selves. Constant stress can inhibit growth. Finding work-life balance is important to reduce stress and promote growth. We will look at several ‘best practices’ that will reduce stress and ideas to promote growth. 12:45 – 1:30PMLUNCH + SOCIAL FOYER1:30 – 2:30pmKEYNOTETraditions and Trends in Delivering Type Learning EventsSusan NashThis unique session will show how we can combine virtual and in-person sessions to create more effective type learning experiences. Be prepared to experience blended learning in action using a variety of virtual tools and practical activities. 2:30 – 2:45pmBREAK2:45 – 3:45pmCONCURRENTC. G. Jung’s Rational and Irrational Types: a presentation and a discussionPeter GeyerC.G. Jung arranged his typology in a different way to what appears emphasised in current models and interpretations. This session presents its core aspects, aiming to both discover and discuss his intent and perspective as well as what insights can be gained from his approach. 2:45 – 3:45pmCONCURRENTCreating a Type Community & Business in Japan: How I went from charging 100 to 100,000 yen a sessionHarumi GondoHarumi Gondo will share her experience in building a growth-based Type community and how she as an ENFJ avoided poverty and poor health to achieving a six-figure income through knowing and developing her Type. 3:45 – 4:15pmBREAK + SOCIAL FOYER4:15 – 5:15pmKEYNOTEThe Early Days of Psychological Type and AusAPT in AustraliaMary McGuinessAn overview of the people, events and struggles that were part of the type community in the latter part of last century. Hear stories about the spread of type in Australia and the beginning of AusAPT. Who were the pioneers? What outside influences shaped our history? How have things changed? 5:15 – 6:30pm30th ANNIVERSARY VIRTUAL DRINKS + CATCH UP

Day 3 Sunday 9 October

TimeSessionSession Details8:30 – 9:00amSOCIAL FOYER9:00 – 10:00amCONCURRENTThe Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type | How the Enneagram Intersects with the 16 TypesJoyce MengA current trend in the MBTI community is the heavy incorporation of the Enneagram. Attend to learn more about why it is becoming a trend in the MBTI community to combine these two systems together and what the most common 16 types and Enneagram combinations are. 9:00 – 10:00amCONCURRENTThe Trimorphic Ethoi of Psychological Types Vicky Jo VarnerPsychological Types is normally presented as a singular idea but there are actually three prevalent perspectives, or ethoi, in conveying the types. This academic session combines cutting-edge content with interactive exercises to help attendees experience and appreciate each of them.10:00 – 10:15amBREAK10:15 – 11:15amKEYNOTEType For All: Making Awareness of Personality Type UbiquitousBrian LawrenceHow do we make Type more ubiquitous? Competing with the myriad self-awareness products, how do we attract more enthusiasts to accreditation programmes and interest groups? The outcome will be a set of practical strategies that Practitioners can use to re-ignite the enthusiasm for Personality Type in the world.11:15am – 12 noonWrap up and closing comments

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Cognitive Functions and Enneagram: Complementary Power - Teodora Paucean￼
2022-10-07 18:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
This session promotes the usage of type (cognitive functions) and Enneagram together, as two systems that can complement each other beautifully in the process of improving emotional well-being, as well as relational and professional satisfaction. Both theoretical concepts and practical implications will be covered.

The presentation will first focus on describing theoretical ideas related to both cognitive functions and Enneagram and then, it will explore the interplay between these two systems in one’s personal development journey. Case studies will be presented to illustrate how people with the same four-letter code might take a different approach in their personal development journey if they have a different Enneagram type.

The last 15 minutes of the session will be dedicated to discussion and questions.

Teodora Paucean

Teodora Paucean

Teodora Paucean is a personal development coach and trainer with a focus on self-discovery and self-awareness. She has spent the last 10 years learning about the human mind from different perspectives, both academically and experientially.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Temperament: Tradition or Trend? - Catherine Stothart
2022-10-07 18:30 - 19:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
Temperament: Tradition or Trend? Bringing Temperament up to date for 21st Century Leaders

Thirty years ago, few people talked of emotional intelligence, neuroscience, positive psychology, or mental well-being. Now there is widespread interest in popular psychology, and people are much more aware of their psychological needs.

Thirty years ago, leaders in organisations could operate in a command and control way. Now millennials want their leaders to be empathic. The role of the leader-manager is now less an overseer of task completion and more an enabler of self-motivation.

In this context, temperament – which explains why we do what we do – is the perfect tool to enable leaders to lead their team to fulfil their purpose and potential. Catherine’s approach to temperament links our core psychological needs to the essential leadership capabilities of engaging, developing, delegating and connecting. In this session she will share a practical toolkit to enable leaders to motivate their teams, improve their well-being and feel motivated themselves.

Catherine Stothart

Catherine Stothart

Catherine Stothart is a Leadership Coach with 30 years’ experience in top multi-national companies – currently Airbus and Google. She uses personality type in her work and brings the best thinking about communication and motivation to a wider audience in a way that makes it usable and actionable. Her 2018 book, published by Pearson, How to Get On with Anyone, is based on Interaction Styles. Her second book, Motivation: The Ultimate Guide to Leading your Team, published by Routledge, comes out in 2022 and is based on temperament.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Midlife Development: A Crisis? A Crash? Or a Cruise? - Angelina Bennet￼
2022-10-07 19:45 - 20:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
Midlife is a time when many of us take stock of our life and think about what we want for our future. In this session we will review theories of midlife from the type perspective, consider the possible accelerating impact of the pandemic, and consider how to craft the life we want for ourselves.

After reviewing some of the theories of Type Development, particularly around midlife, we will take a look at the facts that influence our midlife development. With the opportunity to have some small group discussions, participants will be able to share experiences and thoughts on the mid-life stage. In the final part, I will present some ideas about how to coach or develop clients who are already well developed and who may be questioning their career paths and their purpose in life.

Angelina Bennet

Angelina Bennet

Angelina is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and specializes in developing individuals through personality work. She has an occupational psychology business in the UK offering coaching, development and assessment. She also provides type qualification training through Type Pro Ltd. Her other areas of interest centre around people development include transpersonal coaching and the Enneagram. She is a past President of BAPT and the author of ‘The Shadows of Type – Psychological Type through Seven Levels of Development.’

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Against the Tide: Repositioning the 8 Functions in Psychology—Richard Owen
2022-10-07 19:45 - 20:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
Since C.G. Jung first described his 8 types of mental processing over 100 years ago, they were at first neglected, then later taken up again and developed by type theorists and practitioners. However as Jung’s work was widely disregarded by mainstream psychology academia, there has been little reconciliation between type theory and areas such as cognitive psychology or modern consciousness studies. In this presentation Richard will share some ideas from his ongoing work on identifying analogous concepts relating to the 8 functions, in an effort towards reintegrating type and the mainstream.

Richard Owen

Richard Owen

BAPT Treasurer Richard Owen is an organisational psychologist and coach based in Brighton, UK. A broad theorist of Type: from Jung to MBTI®, to the depth typology of Dr John Beebe. Richard’s Personality Parts™ model aims to uniquely integrate these & many other perspectives.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Type in Tandem: The Magical Alchemy of Connecting Opposing Functions - Sue Blair
2022-10-08 09:00 - 10:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
Pivoting is a skill we have all had to master over the past two years. Flexibility is the key, in our outlooks, our expectations and aspirations. Many of us have had plenty of time for introspection.

This gift of time has lead many of us to ask questions. Lots of them! This session explores how we can integrate the perceiving functions to find the wisdom we need to keep on track.

We will explore:

Cognitive function combinationsHelpful graphics to simplify our explanationsQuestions which can be posed relating to each of the perceiving functionsThe importance of intentional application of the functions

Sue Blair

Sue Blair has been working with psychological type for 20 years. She is an international presenter and keynote speaker, as well as a qualified MBTI practitioner and adult educator. She is the author of The Personality Puzzle coaching cards, now used worldwide by coaches and counsellors. She has taught thousands of teachers, parents, students and businesses about the importance of self-awareness and communication. Sue is the recipient of the APTi 2015 Gordon Lawrence Award. This award recognises an outstanding achievement to the field of education.

This session is a keynote session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Underutilized Oppositions in the Lenses We Use—Sterling Bates
2022-10-08 10:15 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne)
Underutilized Oppositions in the Lenses We Use: Essential Motivators and Interaction Styles with Sterling Bates

A talk about an underutilized resource in the world of psychological type, the 6 dynamics from Essential Motivators (Temperament) and Interaction Styles. They are powerful both in helping you flex to meet someone else’s needs and to discover points of commonality. For example, every Essential Motivator has both a dynamic that aligns with and two dynamics where they are opposing with the other three Essential Motivators. Like Polarity Thinking, a key to using dynamics is knowing when it is the right time to flex, and when it is the right time to rely on your naturally preferred dynamic.

In this session, I will familiarize attendees with the dynamics; those unfamiliar will get a great grounding in the dynamics; and provide tips and tricks attendees can use themselves as well as activities to use in their personal life and with clients. This will include uses in whole type best-fit, communication, work problems, delegation, Situational Leadership®, and relationship issues.

Sterling Bates

Sterling Bates

Sterling’s combination of technology, mathematics, business, marketing, OD and psychological type led him to found Step Research, a psychology software company. Previously at Disney for 13 years in IT and Marketing; and on the APTi board for 4 years.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Making and Keeping Type in the Conversation—Sharon Lovoy
2022-10-08 10:15 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne)
Type is losing ground in the corporate setting and less than 50% of those who are certified buy Type related materials. As Type Practitioners, we must be dedicated to keeping Type relevant and the “Go To” process. Sharon Lovoy continues to be successful in helping her clients use Type not only in their professional positions, but also as a part of their personal lives. Sharon is a Master Trainer in the Influencer Model from Crucial Learning. Sharon has found a way to combine her knowledge of Type with her knowledge of strategy. She will present a clear case for what we need to do to remain relevant. Additionally, those who attend this interactive session will receive a playbook with clear strategies for making Type ubiquitous. NOTE: Australian contacts for Influencer training will be provided. Sharon is not selling her services.

Sharon Lovoy

Sharon Lovoy

Sharon Lovoy, SPHR, is the founder of Lovoy’s Team Works, Inc. which has over 400 clients. Sharon is an experienced HR consultant, Executive Coach. Master Trainer in Crucial Conversations, Mediator, and Author. She has successfully made Type a part of her clients’ cultures. Some of her clients include Mercedes Benz, USI; Brose; B.L. Harbert International; and Sompo International. She works with clients in manufacturing, health, higher education, utilities, associations, nonprofits, financial services, government, high tech, and services.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Type and Music Preferences—Ian Ball
2022-10-08 11:45 - 12:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
There are many reasons why particular pieces of music attract us and why we go back to those preferences. There are also reasons why particular styles of music are ones we avoid or find unbearable.

In 2006 Elwin Hall and I conducted a workshop at the AusAPT conference exploring these ideas and looked for linkages between one’s preferred type and one’s preferences for music.

This new session for the conference on Time & Tide: Traditions and Trends in Type reviews the research conducted since then and serves as an update on this theme. The new evidence gives much more confidence about the relationships. There has been a reconceptualisation about music preferences and this will be explained in the session.

It is hoped that participants will have a greater appreciation of the linkages between type and preferences for music with particular attributes.

Ian Ball

Ian Ball

Ian is a retired Associate Professor from Deakin University. His specialisations were Psychology and Education. He is a Life Member of AusAPT and also a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Work-Life Balance, Stress and the Process of Individuation—Mary McGuiness
2022-10-08 11:45 - 12:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
The individuation process is a term used by Carl Gustav Jung to describe the process of becoming inwardly whole, discovering one’s true self, beyond the mask of the persona and ego-centered life. Individuation generally has a profound healing effect on the person. It is a process that allows us to be our most creative and to fulfil the soul’s deepest desire.

Our busy lives sometimes hinder our growth towards wholeness as the stress reduces our cognitive functioning and emotional intelligence. Work-Life Balance is essential in reducing stress and allowing the process of growth and individuation to occur. We will explore how research has suggested some ‘best practices’ that can help us to prevent stress and improve resilience so that we can function at our best. We will look at these practices and some suggestions Jung gave us on how to facilitate our own growth and individuation.

Mary McGuiness

Mary McGuiness

Mary McGuiness ENFP has 30 years experience teaching personality theory and training professionals to use the MBTI instrument and MajorsPTI. Mary offers certification in the MajorsPTI and Step II and applications of type theory. She is Director of the Institute for Type Development, a national training organisation established in 1986. Mary served on the National Committee of AusAPT for 10 years, with two years as National President. She is author of several books and resources including the best-seller You’ve Got Personality.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Traditions and Trends in Delivering Type Learning Events - Susan Nash
2022-10-08 13:30 - 14:30 (Australia/Melbourne)
Traditionally, type learning events were held in-person. With the pandemic, those assumptions were challenged and many type professionals have moved their learning and coaching practices to the virtual world. With the emergence from the pandemic, we are faced with a unique opportunity to reframe how we deliver effective learning type interventions. To what extent can we combine in-person and virtual sessions? How might hybrid sessions work with remote and in-person participants? How can we optimise technology to streamline the learning experience and appeal to different learning styles? How can we change how we deliver in-person events to ensure maximum engagement and retention?

In this hands-on session, participants will walk away with a wide variety of activities to add flexibility and relevance to type sessions together with a clearer understanding of the engagement skills required when facilitating adult, active learning.

Susan Nash

Susan Nash is owner of EM-Power a consulting firm which provides organizational development and training services to help businesses achieve results through optimization of people. EM-Power has been in business for 25 years. Susan Nash is author of Flawless Facilitation (published in 2019) as well as 11 other books 9 of which relate to personality type.) Susan is past president of APTi, winner of the APTi 2017 President’s award and author of the Global Trainer Certification program, winner of a Branden Hall Gold Award.

This session is a keynote session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Creating a Type Community and Business in Japan—Harumi Gondo
2022-10-08 14:45 - 15:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
Creating a Type Community and Business in Japan – How I went from charging 100 to 100,000 yen a session

Harumi Gondo got off the plane from the US to Tokyo 9 years ago. She barely spoke the language and experienced severe culture shock in Japan. She went from knowing nothing about the culture and knowing no one to managing a busy type community of mothers and a growing business contracting the team of mothers who have now become expert practitioners in Type.

She will share her experiences with Japanese mothers, who highly prioritize conformity and keeping their mouth shut. She will also share her experience in building a growth-based Type community and how she as an ENFJ avoided poverty and poor health to achieving a six figure income through knowing and developing her Type.

Harumi Gondo

Harumi Gondo

Harumi Gondo was certified in MBTI in 2013 and began training others in Type the day after she was certified. She has over 8000 hours of training experience. She established a type-based community in Japan and founded a company that runs training for companies.

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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C G Jung's Rational and Irrational Types: a presentation and a discussion—Peter Geyer
2022-10-08 14:45 - 15:45 (Australia/Melbourne)
C.G. Jung arranged his typology in a different way to what appears emphasised in current models and interpretations. This session presents its core aspects, aiming to both discover and discuss his intent and perspective as well as what insights can be gained from his approach.

The format of the presentation is expected to be a facilitated discussion, where those attending can engage with the content as it is presented, in a casual and relaxed environment. Those who have attended any of my presentations will find this familiar. A paper will be provided and ppt will be used.

Peter Geyer

Peter Geyer

Peter Geyer (INTP) has been presenting, researching, thinking and writing about psychological type and related ideas for over 30 years. He has conducted authorised and advanced courses on the MBTI and Majors instruments and consulted, taught and trained groups, organisations and tertiary institutions in Australia and elsewhere. Peter has contributed to publications in Australia (editing at one point), the USA and the UK. An AusAPT Life Member and APTi Lifetime Member, Peter is currently Custodian of AusAPT’s Type Research & Practice Collection

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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The Early Days of Psychological Type and AusAPT in Australia - Mary McGuiness
2022-10-08 16:15 - 17:15 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online Event
An overview of the people, the events and the struggles that were part of the type community in the latter part of the last century. Listen to the stories of people who were there in the 70s, 80s and 90s.

You will hear about the pioneers that introduced Jung and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to the Australian community; the changes that came with the introduction of new instruments in the 1990s; historical events that conspired to spread type throughout the Australian community; the American influence on the type community in Australia; the Australian influence on the type community in America; the people and organisations that provided the training and accreditation of type professionals; the people/types that attended accreditation programs; the incorporation of the Australian Association for Psychological Type – the achievements and the struggles. What roles did different personality types play in the early history?

Mary McGuiness

Mary McGuiness

Mary McGuiness ENFP has 30 years’ experience teaching personality theory and training professionals to use the MBTI instrument and MajorsPTI. Mary offers certification in the MajorsPTI and Step II and applications of type theory. She is Director of the Institute for Type Development, a national training organisation established in 1986. Mary served on the National Committee of AusAPT for 10 years, with two years as National President. She is author of several books and resources including the best-seller You’ve Got Personality.

This session is a keynote session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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The Trimorphic Ethoi of Psychological Types—Vicky Jo Varner
2022-10-09 09:00 - 10:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
Psychological Types is typically presented as a singular idea within one discipline. However, within that discipline, it can be discerned that there are three prevalent perspectives, or ethoi, in conveying the types. This session delves into these three different ethoi and relates them to the psychological types model, interspersed with interactive exercises to help attendees experience each of them and confront their differences. This presentation is academic in nature with cutting-edge content, so be prepared to immerse yourself in something that is philosophically challenging yet rewarding.

VIcky Jo Varner

Vicky Jo Varner

Dr. Vicky Jo Varner holds a PhD in Depth Psychology with an emphasis on Jungian and Archetypal Studies. An MBTI Master Practitioner and certified Life Coach, she is ranked as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. She is a certified Interactive Guided Imagery and Symbolon Reflection practitioner; she successfully taught Jung’s Structure of the Psyche to graduate students at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles. Find more at DrVickyJo.com

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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The Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type—Joyce Meng
2022-10-09 09:00 - 10:00 UTC
The Most Common Enneagram Types of Each MBTI Type | How the Enneagram Intersects with the 16 Types

A current trend in the MBTI community is the heavy incorporation of the Enneagram.

The presentation will be geared around the most common Enneagram types for each of the 16 types. I describe an overview of the Enneagram types, how it overlays with the MBTI, and why it is becoming a trend in the MBTI community to combine these two systems.

The session outcome will be to teach people about the correlations between the Enneagram and MBTI and to teach the basics of the Enneagram. Audience members will walk away with a better understanding of type and why the Enneagram is becoming more popular in the MBTI community.

Joyce Meng

Joyce Meng

Joyce is a multi-disciplined typology practitioner, coach and profiler, and the founder of TypeTalks. As a certified MBTI® Master practitioner, Enneagram coach, master NLP practitioner, and certified Gallup® CliftonStrengths coach, Joyce entered the world of typology and coaching to fulfill her love for helping others and her passion for psychology. Her business was founded upon the community of type enthusiasts she created through her YouTube channel, TypeTalks. To learn more, here is a link to her YT channel: youtube.com/c/JoyceMeng22

This is a session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members. $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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Type For All: Making Personality Type Ubiquitous—Brian Lawrence
2022-10-09 10:15 - 11:15 (Australia/Melbourne)
How do we make Type more ubiquitous? Competing with the myriad self-awareness products, how do we attract more enthusiasts to accreditation programmes and interest groups?The outcome will be a set of practical strategies that Practitioners can use to re-ignite the enthusiasm for Personality Type in the world.

Brian Lawrence

Brian Lawrence

Brian Lawrence, BPsych(Hons), MSc (Org Psych), PGDipEd, is a certified coach and facilitator specializing in the field of Leadership and Team Development. He is an MBTI Master Trainer and a Type Coach professional. He has been using personality type in his professional work for the last 13 years and loves creating new and innovative ways of engaging his audience through the use of games. His latest programme is called Dancing with Your Inner Wolves.

This session is a keynote session at the Time & Tide—Traditions and Trends in Type conference, 7-9 October online. It is one of 17 sessions presented over 3 days, all recorded in case you can’t attend live. It is $100AU for AusAPT members and other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for the entire program. We hope you will join us. The conference event link with full details is below.

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$100 – $150 $100AU for AusAPT members, other APT and ILP financial members and $150 for guests for 17 sessions

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From Shadows to Showtime: Moving into the Light - Angelina Bennet
2023-09-01 09:00 - 10:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Rydges Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 601 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, 4006, Australia
Considering the nature of the shadow, how it is formed and how it can shed light on our untapped potential.

This session is a keynote at the From Shadows to Showtime Conference, 1-2 September in Brisbane. Further details below.

Although the pandemic wasn’t what anyone asked for, being in lock down did give me the opportunity to really tap into my introverted intuition and get creative. What started out as the need to fill a blank wall, ended up as a deep dive into my life stages using collage. The process helped me to see what parts of my personality had been set aside and what my ‘true self’ was about. In this session I will provide some theoretical insights into the nature and formation of the shadow – both the ‘dark’ and ‘light’ shadow – and how we can harness our untapped potential. This session will provide opportunities for participants to consider their own light shadow and is suited to Type users at all levels. In fact, you don’t even need to know about Type.

About Angelina Bennet

Angelina is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and specializes in developing individuals through personality work. She has an occupational psychology business in the UK offering coaching, development and assessment. She also type qualification training through Type Pro Ltd. Her other areas of interest centre around people development include transpersonal coaching and the Enneagram. She is a past President of BAPT and the author of ‘The Shadows of Type – Psychological Type through Seven Levels of Development.’

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AusAPT 2023 Conference: From Shadows to Showtime
2023-09-01 09:00 - 2023-09-02 15:30 (Australia/Brisbane) | Rydges Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 601 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, 4006, Australia
Program and Presenters

The Australian Association for Psychological Type Inc is pleased to be returning to in-person conferencing this year.

Our 2023 conference, in subtropical Brisbane, will comprise two days of keynote and concurrent sessions over Friday and Saturday, 1–2 September.

Our conference program spans a diverse range of sessions from Australian and international presenters, with new faces alongside familiar names from across the wide world of psychological type. As our keynote speakers we’re honoured to present psychologist and author Dr Angelina Bennet from the UK and the world-renowned Australian type luminary Mary McGuiness.

The conference theme, From Shadows to Showtime, reflects our emergence from the shadows of pandemic back into the spotlight on stage. ‘Shadows’ also commemorates the centenary of publication, in English translation, of CG Jung’s Psychological Types, with Jungian topics featuring in our program. And ‘Showtime’ also acknowledges our conference venue in the midst of Brisbane’s historic showgrounds.

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Whether you’re a professional user of psychological type or an interested observer of personality types, our program has something for you. Booking are now open, so come and join us for Spring in the Sunshine State.

Registration

Registrations are open for AusAPT’s 2023 Conference, From Shadows to Showtime. Your registration covers the two days of conference sessions, including lunches on both days, and the conference dinner on Friday, 1 September.

For members of AusAPT and our partner associations (APTi, BAPT, AFTP, ILP), Early Bird registration costs just AUD 480. (That’s around USD 325, GBP 260, EUR 300 on current exchange rates.)

When registering for the conference you can sign up for, or renew, AusAPT membership to secure your member discount. (Pay $75 membership, save $80 on registration.) Conference discounts are also available for retirees and full-time students.

For non-members, registration costs AUD 560.

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Place

Our 2023 Conference venue is Rydges Fortitude Valley, a 4.5 star hotel on the edge of downtown Brisbane that previously hosted our 2018 Conference.

Rydges is sited in the historic Showgrounds precinct (reflecting our ‘Showtime’ theme), 20 minutes from Brisbane Airport, an easy walk from Fortitude Valley rail station, and close to bus routes to the city and suburbs.

Rydges’ Paddock Bar is a convivial space for casual conversations with fellow delegates. And just outside the door is King Street with many cafes, bars and restaurants.

Rydges is offering Superior King rooms, plus buffet breakfast for one, at the special conference price of AUD 229 per night (that’s around USD 155, GBP 123). You can book your room via the link below:

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Elvis Presley: Exploring the 8 Jungian functions & type development with Mary McGuiness
2023-09-02 13:30 - 14:45 (Australia/Brisbane) | Rydges Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 601 Gregory Terrace, Bowen Hills, Queensland, 4006, Australia
Explore the life and music of Elvis Presley, his use of the 8 Jungian functions and type development. We will use the work of Gary & Margaret Hartzler to look at differences between poorly developed and well-developed functions.

This session is a keynote at the From Shadows to Showtime Conference, 1-2 September in Brisbane. Further details below.

Enjoy glimpses of the life and music of Elvis Presley as we explore the 8 Jungian functions and the process of personality development. Type theory tells us that we can use all the 8 Jungian functions (cognitive processes), but each type prefers certain functions and struggles to use and develop the others. Gary and Margaret Hartzler in Functions of Type list several skills associated with each of the 8 functions. These skills illustrate why a poorly developed function will be expressed differently to a function that is well developed. By looking at evidence from Elvis’s life, his music and his own words we will try to identify how he used each function, how his use of the functions changed over time, and how the changes were reflected in his music. And we will use the opportunity to reflect briefly on our own use of each function. This session will include theory, storytelling, some brief interaction and reflection, film and, of course music!

About Mary McGuiness

Mary McGuiness ENFP has 30 years’ experience teaching personality theory and training professionals to use the MBTI and MajorsPTI. She is founding Director of the Institute for Type Development, est.1986, providing advanced training for type professionals and consulting to organisations. Mary served for 10 years on the National Committee of AusAPT, with two years as President. She has published several books and resources on personality, including the best seller You’ve Got Personality. In 2006 Mary received a Life Membership Award from AusAPT.

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Type in Tokyo, 2024: Encounters through the lens of type
2024-04-02 18:00 - 2024-04-04 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne)
A cross-cultural and cross-generational experience

AusAPT and TypeLAB, Japan are excited to be co-hosting an International Type Conference in Tokyo, Japan, 2-4 April, 2024.

TypeLAB is a mother’s community centred around growth and self-awareness headed up by AusAPT Management Committee member and MBTI Master Practitioner, Harumi GondoWe are honoured to work in partnership with Harumi and TypeLab in Japan for this event and grateful to Harumi for her initiative in creating this innovative opportunity to grow type learning and knowledge together.

When and where:

The conference starts at 6pm Tuesday 2 April, then two full days 3-4 April including dinner on 2 & 3 April, concluding at 5pm on 4 April.

We have timed the conference with Cherry Blossom season so that you can enjoy Tokyo in all its special beauty at this time.

Location: Tokyo, Edogawa area – nearest stations are Kasai, Funabori or Nishikasai Recommended hotels are included below.

To register for the conference, head to: https://lu.ma/8yyd9p82

Conference focus, program and presenter

Conference Focus: Cross-cultural and cross-generational type

Experience Tokyo with the local TypeLAB type community

Explore type and Tokyo together.

Look at type in different cultural contexts

Explore type across generations: Gen Z, Millennials/Gen Y, Gen X, Baby Boomers

Experience everyday Japanese activities together through the lens of type

Find out the latest in EEG and neuroscience developments.

There will be a mix of presentations alongside experience-based activities exploring Tokyo and type together and connection over meals. Sessions will be in either Japanese or English with translation provided.

You can view the full program in English and Japanese here:

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Our keynote presenter is internationally renowned neuroscence and type presenter, Dario Nardi. Dario Nardi, Ph.D. focuses on neuroscience, personality, and body-mind practices and recently published two new books, Decode Your Personality: Go Beyond Myers-Briggs with 64 Brain-Based Subtypes and Teaching Tales for the 16 Personality Types.

Dario Nardi

International presenters also joining us are: Harumi Gondo (Japan), Sue Blair (NZ/UK), and Jane Kise and Ann Holm (US).

Harumi Gondo

Sue Blair

Jane Kise & Ann Holm

Here is a snapshot of topics we will cover:

Cultural differences around conformity and roles

Stages of community development through a type lens

Practical demonstration of EEG and neuroscience applications

Judging, perceiving, culture and education

Exploring shopping and central Tokyo experiences through a type lens

Exploring Tokyo through local people who know the area.

Why attend?

Explore cross-cultural and cross-generational dimensions of type

Visit Japan, experience Japanese culture through the lens of type in partnership and with the support of the local TypeLAB community.

Connect and learn in person with other international type practitioners and from international type leaders – Dario Nardi, Harumi Gondo, Sue Blair, Jane Kise and Ann Czajka Holm.

Connect with the type community in the broader Asia Pacific region, across cultures and generations.

Conference pricing

This approximately 84USD, 66GBP and 76EURO.

This covers:

Conference venue and presenters

Welcome reception including coffee and snacks

Bento (lunch box) for Day 3

Local maps and program booklet

All other meals will be paid for by participants directly as part of the conference proceedings and costs are very reasonable.

Register for the conference here:

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In partnership with TypeLAB, Japan : https://type-lab.org/

If you have any questions, please email conference@ausapt.org.au

Recommended Hotels

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○船堀 Funabori area

会場(タワーホール)のエリアです。ホテルは1軒だけです。Area is around Funabori Tower Hall.

・くれたけイン東京船堀 Kuretake Inn Tokyo Funabori

約7,000円(1泊),駅2分,タワーホール3分(徒歩) around 7000 yen/night, 2 minutes by foot from Funabori Station, 3 minutes by foot from Tower Hall

https://www.booking.com/Share-tFkMqh

○西葛西 Nishikasai area

ホテルが多いです。Mostly hotels

・ホテルルミエール Hotel Lumiere

約7,000円(1泊),駅5分,タワーホール9分(TAXI) around 7000 yen/night, 5 minutes by foot from Nishikasai Station, 9 minutes by taxi from Tower Hall

https://maps.app.goo.gl/AaKqs6UqXBu7DJqi9

・ホテルマンデー東京西葛西 Hotel Monday

約15,000円,駅2分,タワーホール9分(TAXI) around 15,000 yen/night, 2 minutes from Nishikasai Station, 9 minutes by taxi from Tower Hall

https://maps.app.goo.gl/HwCMw6CMAyHyrfQm9

○葛西 Kasai area

空港行きリムジンバスが停まります。Narita and Haneda Airport limousine buses comes to Kasai Station.

・ホテルルミエール葛西 Hotel Lumiere Kasai

約15,000円,駅5分,タワーホール12分(TAXI) around 15,000 yen/night, 5 minutes by foot from Kasai Station, 12 minutes by taxi from Tower Hall

https://maps.app.goo.gl/いwp3F1mcEZ4Y9rm7E8

・ホテルイルフィオーレ Hotel Il Fiore Kasai

約20,000円,駅5分,タワーホール12分(TAXI) around 20,000 yen/night, 5 minutes by foot from Kasai Station, 12 minutes by taxi from Tower Hall

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vrRygqUYzrSMSwGF9

Venue:

Opening Evening 2 April: Funabori Community Hall:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nJtXE1WapwgpAwBs9

Conference 3-4 April: Funabori Tower Hall

https://maps.app.goo.gl/YrqQtEzzFFum2XJL6

I don't know anything about Art, but I know what I like - Don Kampf
2024-07-20 13:30 - 16:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | The Epicentre, 427 Glen Eira Rd, CAULFIELD NORTH, Victoria, 3161, Australia
‘I don’t know anything about Art, but I know what I like.’ This seems a fair statement, and I wonder if Type strongly influences peoples’ likes or dislikes in Art?

Everyone has their own personal take on art in its many different forms. Some people are attracted to beauty, while others enjoy the darker side of the artistic world. Some are merely great at appreciating the talents of others – while some are amazing at partaking in their own creative abilities.

We’ll explore these aspects of psychological type and art in an in-person session in Melbourne with Don Kampf.

DON KAMPF, ENFP, gained psych degree and post-graduate qualifications and later taught at universities in Business and Law faculties, whilst operating consulting and coaching practices. Throughout, he retained an ongoing engagement with art, with frequent periods of active output in painting and drawing.

Don participated in many art workshops; through art groups and affiliations, the National Gallery Society, Centre for Adult Education and University of the Third Age. He also participated in many art exhibitions and shows including Camberwell Art Show, Darebin Art Show, Eight by Eight Art show, Glen Eira arts and culture, Ola Cohn Centre and extensive private showings.

Painting has been Don’s primary pursuit since 2017. Don is a tutor in Art at the University of the Third Age, Glen Eira. Some examples of Don’s art can be seen below and at https://www.facebook.com/don.kampf.3

RSVP: Please RSVP to Meredith by email meredith@ausapt.org.au.

The Heart of Personality Type - Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners
2024-10-25 09:00 - 2024-10-26 16:30 (Australia/Melbourne) | Rydges Sydney Central Hotel, 28 Albion St, Surry Hills, NSW, 2010, Australia
The 2024 AusAPT Sydney Conference is in person at the Rydges Sydney Central Hotel in October.

The theme is: The Heart of Personality Type: Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners.

This is a Type Practitioners’ Conference getting to what is core and new in psychological type.

Program and Presenters

The 2024 AusAPT conference, in central Sydney, will comprise two days of sessions over Friday and Saturday, 25 – 26 October.

The conference theme, The Heart of Personality Type: Tips, Tools & Theories for Practitioners, takes us into the core of psychological type and aligned frameworks for understanding ourselves and others. We’ll be looking at the latest theories in Type, Temperament, Interaction Styles and the Enneagram and their application to self-awareness, conflict, learning, teams and understanding addiction.

Our conference program spans a diverse range of sessions presented by Australian and international speakers. Our presenters are: Catherine Stothart (UK), Daniel Liew (Malaysia), Elizabeth Hallows (AU), Meredith Fuller & Brian Walsh (AU), Harumi Gondo (Japan), Sue Blair (NZ/UK), Mary McGuiness (AU), Samantha Mackay (AU) and Terri Connellan (AU), shown in order in the below image.

Conference Program

Download a PDF of the program summary above here:

AusAPT 2024 Sydney Conference ProgramDownload

AusAPT 2024 Sydney Conference Session Presenter DetailsDownload

Whether you’re a professional user of psychological type or an interested observer of personality type, our program has something for you.

Bookings are now closed!

Venue & Accommodation

Our venue for the conference is Rydges Sydney Central Hotel, a sanctuary in the bustling heart of Sydney, ideally situated next to Sydney’s Central Station in the lively locale of Surry Hills. There’s an array of world-class attractions, exceptional dining, and outstanding entertainment close by.

Accommodation:

Rydges Sydney Central Hotel is offering a 15% conference discount on accommodation. We’ll send the booking code and contact information to you when you book your conference place with us.

Rydges includes a state-of-the-art gym and pool, onsite microbrewery, restaurants including Manna Loft and convenient extras such as onsite parking and free WiFi. Spacious, stylish and soothingly peaceful, the well-appointed rooms promise a supremely comfortable stay in the centre of Sydney.

There are also plenty of other options for accommodation in central Sydney.

AusAPT Conference 2025
2025-10-10 09:00 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Karstens Convention Centre, 123 Queen St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, Australia
‘10/10’ – Our Final AusAPT Annual Conference

AusAPT was conceived at a conference — the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Australian Perspectives conference, held in Melbourne in October 1991.

In October this year, we’ll be back in Melbourne for our 20th — and last — AusAPT conference.

In CB radio code, “10/10” means “transmission completed” — so it’s apt that we’ll gather on the tenth day of the tenth month for our final face-to-face conference, at Karstens Conference Centre in central Melbourne.

Our Friday conference program features distinguished figures from the world of personality type, locally and internationally — Sue Blair, Mark Toner, Alex MacFarlane, and one of AusAPT’s founders, Peter Malone.

We’ve kept the price of our 10/10 Conference low which includes lunch and post-conference drinks. Prices are:

Your conference registration also includes an invitation to our Thursday evening pre-conference Soirée Au Revoirée at the charming Epicentre in suburban Caulfield North.

Buy the AusAPT Conference 2025 Ticket here!

We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne soon!

Download the AusAPT 2025 Conference Program

Tea and Coffee from 9.00am for 9.30am Start and 5.00pm Close

The Conference will be followed by a ‘Happy Hour’ at the venue – from 5.00pm – 6.00pm
